Higher Education: Coronavirus

(asked on 17th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many covid tests have been allocated to each higher education institution in England.


Answered by
Michelle Donelan Portrait
Michelle Donelan
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
This question was answered on 27th November 2020

The higher education (HE) sector has engaged enthusiastically with the roll-out of mass testing, following my communications to all institutions on 7 and 9 November regarding participating in the testing programme.

Officials at the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care are working collaboratively with the HE sector to stand up asymptomatic test sites in as many universities as possible by 30 November to assist in reducing the risk of transmission during the "student travel window".

Lateral flow device tests will be targeted at HE institutions with higher cases of COVID-19, in the highest prevalence areas and with more vulnerable students first. Lateral flow device testing kits will be allocated based on HE institutions’ specific requests and an understanding of their student population.

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